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Fifty years ago Mary Baker Eddy founded a daily newspaper which she named The Christian Science Monitor for a reason unprecedented in the history of journalism. Writing of her names for all the Christian Science periodicals, she says in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( p.

" AS he thinketh in his heart, so is he" was the observation made of a man in Proverbs ( 23:7 ). For generations, men have pondered it with varying degrees of understanding.

Every individual who has in him an element of true greatness is to some extent humble. The musician listens for the music he writes; the inventor opens his thought to the discovery of existing wonders; and the mathematician follows the principle of mathematics, recognizing that his mathematical ability depends upon his adherence to this principle.

The man of God's creating is eternally and entirely perfect. He is so at one with the source of all good that he is inseparable from it.

The answer to the Psalmist's question ( Ps. 8:4 ), "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" is found by asking another question, What must be the nature of the man God knows? Since God, Spirit, cannot know a material man, the real man is not material; he is spiritual.

Human thought has so accustomed itself to the limitations of time that the contemplation of eternity is an awesome experience. Even when one is ready to affirm that good will never end, it may still be difficult to comprehend the fact that it never began.

The Apostle Paul exhorts us, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" ( Phil. 2:12 ) In view of this demand, some may think that they must not seek help from others but, instead, should do their own healing work.

A Christian Science Reading Room might be likened to Jacob's well of Biblical times which was located in Samaria at the fork of two roads. Here people often stopped for water as Jesus once did when he was weary from his journey.

In Isaiah we read ( 45:11 ), "Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. " Our obedience to this divine command holds the key to the understanding of man and therefore to the truth of being.

One of the first things the writer does on rising each morning is to open the front door and let in the light. One winter morning, when it was pitch-dark, he said facetiously, "I suppose I'd better open the door and let in the dark!" He opened the door, but of course the darkness did not come in.